Harvey on Track to be the Most Expensive Storm in US History Harvey might be one of the most expensive natural disasters in the history of the United States, but putting an exact monetary figure on the storm that has lingered over Texas for days is proving to be difficult. There are 2 financial measurements […]

More Flooding Ahead for Texas, Losses Mounting $USO, $UNG, $UGA The flood waters deepen in Houston, the Hub of the US Crude Oil industry. As floods inundated the nation’s 4th-largest city Monday, with an estimated 20 ins of rain still to come, predictions of damage ranged as high as $100-B. Wall Street and Washington braced […]

US Market’s Finished Flat to Unchanged, Harvey the Focus $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX The S&P 500 and DJIA finished flat to unchanged Monday, with energy and bank shares lower as Tropical Storm Harvey crippled the US energy hub in Texas. Harvey, the most powerful hurricane to strike the US state in more than 50 years […]

Gold is an “All Weather Investment” $GLD The Big Q: What do savvy Wall Street traders see in physical Gold, and why are they adamant about holding it? The former head of ETF Trading at Lehman Brothers said he discovered Gold in Y 2005 when the launch of the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (NYSEArca:GLD) drew his attention […]

id IAG perform worse than its track record and industry? To limit the impact of variance in annual earnings, I deploy IAG’s best fit version of its past five-year average earnings growth. In the case of IAG, its trailing 12 month EPS decline of -2.95% is a below par performance when compared to the five-year […]

Keeping an eye on Moving Averages, the 50-day is 10.49, the 200-day is at 9.20, and the 7-day is 11.40 for Suncorp Group Ltd (SNMCY). Moving averages have the ability to be used as a powerful indicator for technical stock analysis. Following multiple time frames using moving averages can help investors figure out where the […]

QBE Insurance Group said on Tuesday it was unaware of the impact of losses in its emerging markets division on overall profitability during its annual meeting in early May. It was not until a board meeting on 21 June 2017 that the financial condition of each of its global divisions, including the emerging markets division, had […]

Why are its shares higher? This morning Insurance Australia advised that it has completed its preliminary review of prior period reserve releases for the financial year ended 30 June 2017. Pleasingly, the review indicates an outcome equivalent to at least 5% of net earned premium (NEP). Previous guidance provided by the insurer was for at […]

Happy 100th Birthday, Your Life Insurance is Canceled! $AEG As more Americans live past 100 anni, they are confronting a disappointing realization: their permanent life insurance gets canceled. The age limit was not a problem when few people lived past 100, but the US population of Centenarians has grown in the past 30 years with […]

Suncorp Group Ltd (ASX:SUN) HEFFX Highlights Shares of Suncorp Group Ltd (SUN.AX) are heading in a near-term positive direction as the most recent close of the company has stayed above the Balance Step. The Balance Step reading takes into account the last 5 balance points of the weekly period plotted in step formation on a […]

Think Portfolio Insurance When Buying Gold in Here $GLD, $USD Gold (NYSEArca:GLD) is ranged within 1,190 and 1250 oz short term as the metal tracks US real interest rates. “We’re not saying we have a Bullish bias; we’re not saying we have a bearish bias,” siad executive director for commodities and foreign exchange at UBS […]

Insurance Australia Group Ltd (ASX:IAG) Covers Methamphetamine Claims Analysts covering IAG are expecting a 47% increase in earnings in the three year’s time. This would see the EPS rise to $0.37 levels which would no doubt please investors who are used to an average of $0.35 over the past few years. Insurance Australia Group has […]

America First, the Rebirth of Hope and Opportunity Over the last 37 years that I have been analyzing and commenting on politics in the US, traditional politicians have failed to put America First. Our factories have been shut down, our steel mills slowed, and our jobs were stolen and shipped overseas. Our government sent troops […]

Gold Is Crisis Insurance $GLD Gold is known as an inflation hedge, but its role as a crisis hedge is even more important. Gold is anti-fragile, to use the term coined by risk analyst and bestselling author Nassim Taleb. When currencies collapse and economies falter, Gold can ensure your survival, financially and literally. Below are […]

Secretary Price on CBO report on Repeal of Barack Obamacare, “Just Not Believable” Price says he believes the Republican plan will insure more people than those currently insured. The US Congressional Budget Office (COB) said Monday in a report that fourteen million Americans would lose medical insurance by next year. The eagerly awaited CBO report […]

Barack Obamacare Repeal Saves $337-B in Budget The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its analysis of the new legislation to repeal and replace Barack Obamacare Monday afternoon, including findings that the law leave millions of people uninsured compared to the current ACA law. The CBO report finds that under the American Health Care Act (AHCA) […]

Antehm Inc’s (NYSE:ANTM) CEO Endorses “TrumpCare” $ANTM, $CI The CEO of the nation’s 2nd-largest health insurance company has endorsed a plan by House Republicans to repeal and replace Barack Obamacare urging legislators to move “as quickly as possible” because the “time to act is now.” Joseph Swedish, CEOof Anthem Inc.(NYSE: ), said in a […]

Barack Obamacare Scuttled, House Panel OK’s GOP Health Bill House Republicans scored a pre-dawn triumph Thursday in their effort to scuttle former President Barack Hussein-Obama’s healthcare overhaul. After 18 hours of debate and majority party-line votes, Republicans pushed legislation through the Ways and Means Committee abolishing the tax penalty Obamacare’s statute imposes on people who […]

The Volatility (VIX) Index and What it Means to Investors $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX, $GLD The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (VIX) usually moves opposite to the stock market, meaning when stocks are up, the VIX is down, and vice versa. But lately, even though the S&P 500 is on the rise, the VIX […]

Barack Obamacare 2017 Enrollment Goal Will Not Be Met Thursday, the Trump Administration said Thursday is pulling back advertising to promote HealthCare.gov as open enrollment draws to a close for this year. The Health and Human Services Department (HHS) said in a statement that the government has pulled back about $5% in ads as part […]

Judge Andrew Napolitano, “Democrats are no longer laughing at Trump” President Donald Trump has committed the most revolutionary act I’ve seen in 45 years Within four hours of becoming president of the United States, Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to limit immediately the effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act […]

Would you like to add travel insurance to your purchase? I have never bought travel insurance in my life because instinct has always told me that it’s a bad deal. I rarely pay for hotel rooms, tours or rental cars in advance. I don’t pack designer clothing in my checked luggage. I’m generally healthy, and […]

Donald Trump, “We are going to have insurance for everybody” Donald Trump on Saturday told the Washington Post that his healthcare plan will have “lower numbers, much lower deductibles,” and, “insurance for everybody.” “We are going to have insurance for everybody,” President Elect Trump said. “There was a philosophy in some circles that if you can’t […]

Insurer’s Catastrophic Losses Exceeded $175-B in 2016 A leading insurer reports that last year saw the highest costs from natural disasters since Y 2012, with 2 earthquakes in Japan in April accounting for the heaviest losses. Munich Re (FWB:MUV2) said in an annual survey Wednesday that losses from natural disasters totaled $175 billion last year, some […]

Barack Obamacare in “Death Spiral” US House Speaker Paul Ryan said President Barack Hussein Obama’s healthcare law is entering its final stages, it is doomed. “You have to remember this law is getting much worse. It is what actuaries say, ‘Entering a death spiral.’ High, high premiums increase, high deductibles, no choices. We have to […]

Consumers Decline Obamacare, Future Uncertain for His Affordable Care Act The Obama Administration has said millions of people have gained coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) aka Barack Obamacare, but an estimated 28-M Americans are uninsured. And preliminary data shows that about 5.6-M paid a tax penalty rather than buy health insurance in Y […]

Barack Obamacare, the Theft of Middle Class “Wealth” $CI Barack Obamacare may have brought health insurance to millions of people in the US, many in the program finding that the medical care they need is too expensive to actually use. Many people with Barack Obamacare have plans that feature high out-of-pocket up front costs that […]

Hillary Clinton Champion’s the “Opium” We Call the Welfare State Hillary Clinton is uninterested in breaking the chains of dependency between struggling low, middle income voters and Democratic politicians who Champion the Opium we call the welfare state. Hillary Clinton has made addressing inequality a central theme of her campaign, but the remedies she proposes […]

Hillary Clinton, Unfit for Public Office An exposé of the most unfit and undeserving person in history to seek the Presidency of the USANever in the history of the United States of America has anyone as unfit and undeserving as Hillary Clinton run for President. While she stands on the threshold of being elected to […]

Home Ownership is Out of Reach for Majority of Californians Less than 33% of California residents earn enough money to afford the cost of a Golden State home. Lower interest rates failed to offset strong seasonal price increases, making it harder for Californians to purchase a home in Q-2 of Y 2016, the California Association […]

Pet Healthcare is Costly, and Rising The American Pet Products Association estimates that US pet expenditures hit $60.59-B last year, up from $58.04-B in Y 2014. A substantial portion of those costs are for Vet care ($15.73-B) and medicine ($14.39-B). That breaks down to an average of $235 on routine Vet visits for dog owners […]

The Rush to Gold and What it Means $GLD, $SLV Econominst Nasser Saidi PhD discusses the fluctuating fortunes of Gold and what the future is for the precious Yellow metal Gold prices had been on the decline since rallying strongly after the financial crisis and peaking above the 1,800-mark in Y 2012. But after touching […]

Marijuana Is Creating ‘Headaches’ for People in Legal US Businesses The legalization of marijuana in the US is creating headaches not just for new marijuana businesses. Such businesses have trouble paying taxes and getting bank accounts, and there are also problems for people who work in the growing industry, as well as for those who […]

FEMA Flood Insurance Expert to Answer Property Owners Questions If you are among the many Staten Islanders (NYC) who have questions about your home’s flood insurance policy, you can get those questions answered at a forum of experts on Thursday, 30 June Rep. Daniel Donovan is hosting the event in conjunction with Council Minority Leader […]

The Common Exclusions in Homeowner’s Insurance American homeowners are often surprised to learn that earthquakes, flooding, and a sump pump malfunction are not covered by their homeowner insurance policy. Earthquakes, unexpected deductibles, and flooding are just a few of the costs your homeowners policy may not cover. But if you are like most Americans, you […]

Brushfires in South Australia Described as Horrific Catastrophe Last November an emotional South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill described the brushfires burning North of Adelaide as “horrific,” survivors told of traumatic experiences. With two people confirmed dead and 16 hospitalized with injuries, Mr. Weatherill said the situation was “hard to get in touch with”. “It’s an […]

Australia’s East Coast Battered by Deadly Storms and Flooding Australian insurance companies exposed to deadly storms that struck the east coast at the weekend. It is just Monday, and so far, insurance companies have received more than 11,000 claims with estimated insured losses of $38-M. There was more severe damage on Sydney’s northern beaches, some […]

Torrential Rains, Heavy Flash Flooding in Central US LLoyds of London calls for end to US home building in High Risk areas Torrential rains caused heavy flash flooding in some parts of the US over the last few days, and led to numerous evacuations in southeast Texas, and Kansas. But the threat of severe weather […]

The Common Problems Homeowner’s Insurance Does Not Cover Most home buyers are prepared to sign up for homeowner’s insurance, but they often overestimate their coverage. There are a number of unexpected events homeowner’s insurance does not cover, and in case of an emergency, you do not want to be caught off guard. Below are some […]

The Effects of Natural Disasters in Australia and Worldwide Total financial losses from natural disasters worldwide in Y 2015 amounted to $100-B, with insured losses at $30-B. The Y 2009 Black Saturday wildfires in the State of Victoria that broke out on 7 February that year rank among Australia’s worst natural disasters. 173 people were […]

US Vets Facing Long Waits for Healthcare, Suicides Up Many US military Vets put off getting the medical care they need largely because of long wait times in the troubled Veterans Administration (VA) healthcare system, a new study shows. The findings, by Dr. Doohee Lee of Marshall University and Dr. Charles Begley of the University […]